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Trend Models & The Inability To Discover Cause
The plot atop this post is one of an observable, the cause of which is known to be related to a variety of physical, chemical, biological, geographical, and even sociological…
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Resolved: Women’s Suffrage Caused More Harm Than Good
If your first reaction upon reading the title was "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!" or "Frrrpppkwiliq boahh boahh boahh!" or some variant of "%&*&^%$##!", then you have discovered the meaning of sacrilegious. Congratulations! You…
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To Undergo Chemotherapy Or Not
Headline: "How I used math to conquer my cancer" by Michael Kaplan. Gist: fellow named Reitzen, 45, discovered he had kidney cancer. "The doctor came up to my house and…
Posted inPhilosophy
Can You Find A Counterexample To Feser’s Defense Of The Perverted Faculty Argument?
Here in a succinct and lovely way is Feser's distillation of the Perverted Faculty Argument (from his paper of the defense of the same) applied to matters sexual: Where some…
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International Answer The Dubia Day
My offenses truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone, I have sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done. We will…
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Stream: NOAA Whistleblower Claims Data Were ‘Adjusted’ to Make Global Warming Seem Worse
Stream: NOAA Whistleblower Claims Data Were 'Adjusted' to Make Global Warming Seem Worse: Climatology, Not The Planet, Is Running A Fever. A scientist-whistleblower has accused the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric…
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Science Asks: Why Are Angry Atheists Annoying?
What's more annoying than an atheist who harangues passersby about "rationality"? Easy answer: a scientist who announces a discovery about human behavior that was known by everybody since Adam. Our…
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Question Of The Moment: What Can Trump Do To Shore Up The Right?
https://twitter.com/Outsideness/status/796563546788233216 Today we ask Nick Land's question, given above, which is (if you can't see it), "So, how does America use this 5-10 year breathing space to build in some…